Sky Sports - Time of our Lives

[Sothall_Blade]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Our_Lives_(TV_series)

For the uninitiated it’s that programme where Jeff Stelling chats to three players/manager from a club’s golden era about their memories of that time.

I don’t think they’ve ever done one for Sheffield United.

So the question is, if you were curating the Blades version which season would you choose, which three players/manager and why?

Mine would be 2002-2003. Michael Brown because he was the key player. Neil Warnock for the humour and the best insight and Rob Kozluk purely for the laughs.

Who would you pick?

 

[Darren]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Our_Lives_(TV_series)

For the uninitiated it’s that programme where Jeff Stelling chats to three players/manager from a club’s golden era about their memories of that time.

I don’t think they’ve ever done one for Sheffield United.

So the question is, if you were curating the Blades version which season would you choose, which three players/manager and why?

Mine would be 2002-2003. Michael Brown because he was the key player. Neil Warnock for the humour and the best insight and Rob Kozluk purely for the laughs.

Who would you pick?

1897-1902. Ernest Needham for the star quality, Cocky Bennett for his stories of South Yorkshire mining life and Fatty Foulke for the lolz.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

1897-1902. Ernest Needham for the star quality, Cocky Bennett for his stories of South Yorkshire mining life and Fatty Foulke for the lolz.

Certainly our golden era but I think we'd need Derek Acorah to host that one instead of Jeff.

"I'm hearing Nudger. Does the name Nudger mean anything to anyone?"

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Bit obvious, but I think I'd pick 88-93 era Bassett. A lot of stories from that team. If I had to pick 1 season it'd be 91/92 and the double.

 

[Ashtonsmashton]

I wouldn't interview Tony Currie because I've met him once, like many of you probably have at those signings day. I would interview 2006-2007 team, Keith Gillespie, Phil Jagielka and Matthew Kilgallon. Then Neil Warnock.

 

[SwissBlade]

I wouldn't interview Tony Currie because I've met him once, like many of you probably have at those signings day. I would interview 2006-2007 team, Keith Gillespie, Phil Jagielka and Matthew Kilgallon. Then Neil Warnock.

Why on earth would you interview kilgallon?

Morgs would be a definite from that era.

I met Keef in the players lounge at Blackburn a few years ago (year 2000?), he was playing of Blackburn and they'd just beaten the Blades 5-0. Really sound guy, likes a beer and a gamble. But not good interview material...

 

[Kev Gee]

I would go for the triple assault team from 2003.

Warnock, Brown & The Chief

 

[Bladesway]

Has to be Bassett era. Promotion to the top flight, Vinny, Deano, Hodges just to get the party started.

Because it was all against the odds, the 16 without a win to start a season, the Forest win with fans on the pitch, the annual relagation battles, selling of best players, double over the pigs, cup semis when it was unusual for us to get anywhere near Wembley and various other times.

Wow they were happy days.

 

[Darren]

Has to be Bassett era. Promotion to the top flight, Vinny, Deano, Hodges just to get the party started.

Because it was all against the odds, the 16 without a win to start a season, the Forest win with fans on the pitch, the annual relagation battles, selling of best players, double over the pigs, cup semis when it was unusual for us to get anywhere near Wembley and various other times.

Wow they were happy days.

Interestingly enough (apart from the semi defeat in 93), the years 1988-93 were years when the football gods were consistently with us - 2 sucessive promotions and 3 sucessive succesful relegation fights after we had been bottom in each season. Maybe we have been paying for that ever since....

 

[Bladesway]

Interestingly enough (apart from the semi defeat in 93), the years 1988-93 were years when the football gods were consistently with us - 2 sucessive promotions and 3 sucessive succesful relegation fights after we had been bottom in each season. Maybe we have been paying for that ever since....

Or perhaps we had a better manager then than any we have had since.

 

[Racy]

Got to be 1974/75 Woody,Currie,Dearden

Wendy down to Third Div

Finished 6th with no Man Utd in the league

 

[Darren]

Got to be 1974/75 Woody,Currie,Dearden

Wendy down to Third Div

Finished 6th with no Man Utd in the league

Ah yes. Uusal team:

Brown

Badger
Colquhoun
Franks
Hemsley

Currie
Eddy
Speight

Woodward
Dearden
Field

Reserves

Bradford
Garbett
Flynn
Cammack
Faulkner*
Nicholl
MacKenzie
Goulding

* Just in case his daughter is reading, I would like to say it was an outrage that Steve Faulkner was not a regular in the team. What was Furphy thinking?

 

[JohnDenver]

Micky Adams, Nyron Nosworthy and Steve Simonsen.

I like my entertainment dark.

 

[Coily]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Our_Lives_(TV_series)

I don’t think they’ve ever done one for Sheffield United.

And that's because a Golden Era would suggest that they'd be talking about the trophies that they won together. I'm not sure the memories of our Yorkshire & Humberside Cup (or whatever the fuck it was called) triumph would draw a big audience!!!

 

[Darren]

And that's because a Golden Era would suggest that they'd be talking about the trophies that they won together. I'm not sure the memories of our Yorkshire & Humberside Cup (or whatever the fuck it was called) triumph would draw a big audience!!!

I still like the idea of a get together with Nudger, Fatty and Cocky......

 

[Sothall_Blade]

And that's because a Golden Era would suggest that they'd be talking about the trophies that they won together. I'm not sure the memories of our Yorkshire & Humberside Cup (or whatever the fuck it was called) triumph would draw a big audience!!!

True enough for a national audience. Maybe United could make a few themselves?
Three ex-players, Two video cameras, Gary Sinclair or Andy Pack asking the questions.
Cheap as chips to make and they could charge £10 for the DVD's. I'd buy them.

 

[BladeFisher]

Interestingly enough (apart from the semi defeat in 93), the years 1988-93 were years when the football gods were consistently with us - 2 sucessive promotions and 3 sucessive succesful relegation fights after we had been bottom in each season. Maybe we have been paying for that ever since....

No it was because it was a Tory Government

 

[Ashtonsmashton]

Why on earth would you interview kilgallon?

Morgs would be a definite from that era.

I met Keef in the players lounge at Blackburn a few years ago (year 2000?), he was playing of Blackburn and they'd just beaten the Blades 5-0. Really sound guy, likes a beer and a gamble. But not good interview material...[/quote
because that is you I would want to interview. It's not a thinker

 

[KenMcnaughtsNuts]

ive only seen a few but they were interesting enough.

why wouldnt we interesting to a national audience? i dont see why our bassett/deane/agana/tracey/whitehouse etc era would be less appealing than aberdeen, coventry and the rest?

if you arent really interested then youll only watch if its your club (and we have plenty of fans to watch it) and if youre the kind of person that likes this sort of programme i think we'd be interesting enough to watch. 2 promotions from nowhere. one of the most prolific strike forces in the league, (deanes) first goal in the premier league, the miracle escapes and early christmas parties, the double over the pigs and the wembley disappointment. you couldnt ask for more highs and lows to discuss. you could make a 5 hour show out of that lot.

has be at least as interesting to neutrals as keith houchen scoring with a header???

 

[bricktop]

Dave Bassett, Carl Bradshaw and Glynn Hodges

Bet there would be some right stories from that time!!!!